Yes—Les Feldick teaches that Pharaoh's unwillingness to let Israel go is a picture of Satan's determination to keep lost sinners in captivity.
Just as Pharaoh used compromise and even military pursuit to keep Israel under his control, Satan does everything he can to keep people from being freed from sin. Les shows that the Exodus was designed to picture the separation from the old life of sin that only the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ can accomplish.
Exodus 10:28 — Pharaoh's refusal to release Moses shows his resolve not to let Israel leave his control.
Matthew 12:40 — Christ's three days and three nights in the tomb is the basic premise of freedom from the captivity of sin.
Scripture records Pharaoh's stubborn refusal to let Israel leave Egypt. In Exodus 10:28, Pharaoh says to Moses, "Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die." The Bible also records Jesus' own reference to the Exodus as a picture of His resurrection, saying in Matthew 12:40, "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." Scripture itself does not explicitly state that Pharaoh represents Satan in this account. The spiritual parallel is taught by Les Feldick based on the Biblical pattern of Israel's captivity and deliverance.
Les Feldick draws a direct spiritual parallel between Pharaoh's resistance to releasing Israel and Satan's resistance to releasing sinners from the bondage of sin. He shows how Pharaoh's compromises—"don't go too far" and "let the men go but keep the children"—are exactly how Satan works with lost people today. Satan tells people they can be religious without getting carried away, and he works through parents to sacrifice their children to the world. Les also connects the Exodus to the gospel. Just as Israel needed a three days' journey to separate them from Egypt, faith in Christ's death, burial, and resurrection is what separates a person from the old life of sin. He further shows that just as Pharaoh sent his army after the fleeing Israelites, Satan through the Antichrist will later pursue the escaping Jewish remnant.
Les teaches that Pharaoh's first compromise—"don't go too far"—means Pharaoh wanted to keep control of Israel even while letting them worship. In the same way, Satan tells a lost person who is under conviction, "You can get a little religious, but don't get carried away with it. Go to church Sunday morning, but forget about it the rest of the week."
Les points out that Pharaoh said, "I'll let your men go, but I want to keep your children." He compares this to parents today who compromise with Satan by giving their children to the world so they can succeed materially. Les says this is not the Lord's idea at all.
Les explains that Israel could not be set free from Egypt unless there were three days separating them from their place of captivity. The same is true in salvation: if we ignore the basic premise of the gospel—that Christ died, was in the grave three days and three nights, and rose again—there is no setting free from the shackles of sin.
Just as Pharaoh sent his army and chariots after the escaping Israelites to destroy them, Les teaches that the Antichrist, indwelled by Satan, will send an armed force to pursue the Jews who flee Jerusalem during the tribulation. The Exodus is a pattern that repeats in end-time prophecy.
The Three-Day Separation from Captivity
Les teaches that just as Israel needed three days to separate from Egypt, a person cannot be freed from sin apart from the gospel that Christ died, was buried three days and three nights, and rose again.
Satan's Compromise: Don't Go Too Far
Pharaoh's offer to let Israel go but not too far is compared by Les to Satan telling a lost person they can get religious without letting it change their life.
Satan's Compromise: Keep the Children
Les sees Pharaoh's demand to keep the children as a picture of parents handing their kids over to the world and compromising with Satan.
Satan Pursues the Escaping Jews
Les shows that just as Pharaoh sent an army after Israel, the Antichrist will pursue the Jewish remnant escaping Jerusalem.
The Hardening of Human Choice
Les observes that each time Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, it became easier for him to say no—a pattern he sees in people today who resist God.
Antichrist's Pharaoh-Like Pursuit
Les repeats the Exodus parallel to show that the Antichrist's hatred will cause him to send armed forces to destroy fleeing Jews, just as Pharaoh sent chariots.
Why Christ Must Reign Until All Enemies Are Under His Feet
old Satan is still alive, and Satan is merely bound up in an abyss of some kind, and he will be held there under spiritual chains of one sort or another, until this thousand years has run its course. But according to God's own sovereign way of doing things, Satan will once again be released, and will once again cause the nations to follow him and reject the sovereignty of the King and of God.
Why the Cross Is Foolishness to the World — 1 Corinthians 1:18-25
We know that since there were those who were adhering to Peter here in Corinth, there must have been a Jewish element. Now, you go all the way back to the onset of God's dealing with the nation of Israel. How does he always prove to those people that he is in whatever is taking place? Signs. Absolutely. And I'm always reminding people. I have to do it on the phone almost every day.
Exodus 10:28: And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
This is the verse Les references to show Pharaoh's final refusal to release Moses and Israel from captivity.
Matthew 12:40: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Les uses this verse to connect the Exodus separation to the gospel of Christ's death and resurrection.
Les Feldick teaches that Pharaoh represents Satan's attitude toward sinners. Just as Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, Satan fights to keep people in the captivity of sin. Pharaoh's compromises and even his military pursuit are pictures of Satan's ploys to prevent people from being freed.
Les says Satan uses this same tactic today by telling people they can go to church and be religious without letting it change their lives. The devil wants people to be comfortable with just enough religion to ease their conscience while remaining under his control.
Les teaches that the three days' journey that separated Israel from Egypt pictures the gospel—Christ died, was in the grave three days and three nights, and rose again. Without that, there is no freedom from the shackles of sin.
Watch the Teaching: The 3-Day Journey: How Exodus Foreshadows the Resurrection of Christ